However, the board did agree to temporarily hold off on additional increases that had been proposed for 2017 and 2020.

The base fare for Metro buses and trains will increase from $1.50 to $1.75 in September following the 8-1 vote, but passengers will also be given two hours of free transfers. There will be no rate increases for the elderly or students.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina was the only board member to dissent.

“There is no other bus line in this country that has as dramatic a number of minority bus riders and low-income bus riders than MTA does,” Molina said to her peers.

Molina said she wanted the MTA to forgo a fare increase and instead be ordered to cut their budget by 1.5 percent, or about $31 million, to close the existing deficit.